Smith W. Brookhart

Smith Wildman Brookhart (2 February 1869-15 November 1944) was a US Senator from Iowa (R) from 8 November 1922 to 12 April 1926 (succeeding Charles A. Rawson and preceding Daniel F. Steck) and from 4 March 1927 to 3 March 1933 (succeeding David W. Stewart and preceding Richard L. Murphy).

Biography
Smith Wildman Brookhart was born in Scotland County, Missouri in 1869, and he was schooled in Iowa. He served in the US Army during the Spanish-American War and World War I, and he served as President of the National Rifle Association from 1921 to 1925. From 1922 to 1926 and from 1927 to 1933, Brookhart served in the US Senate, supporting Prohibition; this led to his electoral defeat in 1932. He died in 1944.